After a three-game winning streak, the New York Rangers have now dropped two games in a row following Sunday’s disappoining 3-2 overtime defeat at home to the Detroit Red Wings.
Despite having a top-six forward deployment that has shown much more good than bad so far this season in terms of tilting the ice in New York’s favor, head coach Gerard Gallant had apparently seen enough between the Thursday night loss to the Boston Bruins and the first two periods against the Red Wings. He switched up the lines for the remainder of Sunday’s game, including a noteworthy demotion of Chris Kreider to the fourth line.